ACE Releases High-speed Inline Work Cell The ACE automated, high-speed in-line work cell runs higher volumes of products requiring secondary selective soldering. Designed for flexibility for high-mix environments, the configurable line reportedly offers a higher degree of productivity expected from an automated flowline. Consists of a loading station (assembly area); a Kiss 104F automated selective fluxing station (spray flux, drop-jet or dual); a KPHIL-2 inline top and bottom-side pre-heating station, and a Kiss-104 inline selective soldering station. Kiss 104 also features Automated Optical Alignment system, including a high-quality camera and machine vision system to align each assembly to be soldered using preprogrammed fiducial points on the board.

ACE Production Technologies, www.ace-protech.com

A series of new components include:

*Two new linear bushing designs – Pillow block-type linear bushings come with clamp levers (Part No: LHBBC16), and MX type self-lubricating linear bushings (Part No: LHBB-MX16).
*Magnetic Transmission Drive components, suited to applications in which the non-contacting components result in ultra-low dust generation. 
*Expanded line of LX Single-Axis Actuators with new features such as ballscrew lead options and low dust raise grease. Now come in 1000 possible configurations, up from 200 in the original series.

Most components are configurable, with downloadable CAD files.

Misumi USA, www.misumiusa.com.